Table 4.

Penetration aspiration score

Queried items	Total, N = 47 (%)
1-Material does not enter airway	26 (55)
2-Material enters the airway, remains above the vocal folds and is ejected from the airway	13 (28)
3-Material enters the airway, remains above the vocal folds and is not ejected from the airway	0 (0)
4-Material enters the airway, contacts the vocal folds and is ejected from the airway	1 (2)
5-Material enters the airway, contacts the vocal folds and is not ejected from the airway	1 (2)
6-Material enters the airway, passes below the vocal folds and is ejected into the larynx or out of the airway	6 (13)
7-Material enters the airway, passes below the vocal folds and is not ejected from the trachea despite effort to eject	0 (0)
8-Material enters the airway, passes below the vocal folds and no effort is made to eject	0 (0)